the republican legislature, shortened early voting since the 2008 and the republican governor rick scott, refused repeated requests to extend early voting today or tomorrow because of the very long liance. >> bill: we were watching time-lapse video that showed really long lines. i guess that was hillsborough county in the tampa area. do you know how many floridians have already voted in what can we report on that? >> reporter: through friday, nearly 4 million floridians have already voted. another 500,000 or so are expected to be added to that. as of yesterday, once the numbers are final eyized. but early voting benefits democrats, registered democrats, 45-36%, but the mail-in absentees benefit republicans by 4 points. but this is clearly why the democrats and republicans are fighting so hard on getting the early-voting extensions. >> >> thank you, talk later. >> martha: let's hope that line moves very quickly. we have 48 hours to go. hard it believe, right? we have brand-new poll numbers to show you, just in from the key battleground states. tows new numbers and the last-minute push to